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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix = The Honourable
| name = Takakunda Kuda Kani
| image = Mobutu.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| caption = Takakunda in 1993
| office = 1st [[List of heads of state of Garambura|President of Garambura]]
| term_start = 16 February 1969
| term_end = 14 May 2001
| predecessor = ''Position established''
| successor = [[Chisi Ndlovu]]
| office2 = Leader of the East Riziland Liberation Front
| term_start2 = 18 March 1964
| term_end2 = 16 February 1969
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1928|3|17}}
| birth_place = [[Mambiza|Sainte-Germaine]], [[Baséland]], [[Gaullica|Gaullican Empire]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2001|5|14|1928|3|17}}
| death_place = [[New Mina]], [[Garambura]]
| resting_place = Near [[Mambiza]], [[Garambura]]<br>(ashes scattered)
| party = Pan-Bahian Youth Union (1950{{ndash}}1954)<br>Mubatanidzwa weVakuru (1954{{ndash}}1964)<br>East Riziland Republicans (1964)<br>East Riziland Liberation Front (1964{{ndash}}1969)<br>Garamburan National Party (1969{{ndash}}2001)
| spouse = Biria Mudzuri<br>(m. 1957; his death 2001)
| children = 3
}}
 
'''Takakunda Kuseka Zvinavashe Mutongo Kuda Kani''' (17 March 1928 {{ndash}} 14 May 2001; aged 73) was a [[Garambura|Garamburan]] anti-colonial activist, Garamburan independence activist, statesman, politician and author who served as [[List of heads of state of Garambura|President of Garambura]] from the position's establishment following the conclusion of the [[Garamburan War of Independence]] to his death on May 14, 2001. Takakunda's official tenure of 32 years makes him the longest serving leader in post-colonial Bahian history. He is also renowned for his record-breaking number of re-elections, totaling six over his lifetime, with Garambura rating high on political freedom indexes throughout his tenure and into the modern day due to his influence.
 
Takakunda began his political activism in 1946, aged 18, when he made headlines in [[Estmere]] over his political stunt by standing on top of the Central Bank of Sainte-Germaine and waving a sign saying ''[["Freedom for Bahia! Death to Imperialism!]]'', a phrase that would later famously become attributed to him. He was arrested in 1947 after marching with a parade of independence activists through the streets of Sainte-Germaine, and imprisoned for two years for dissident behaviour. Released in 1949, Takakumba embarked on a course of starvation, only drinking water, until Rwizikuran police arrested and imprisoned him again, force feeding him in prison to keep him alive. Released yet again in 1954, the foundation of the [[United Bahian Republic]] saw Takakunda keep his public profile low, whilst still participating in assorted protests in Sainte-Germaine throughout the 1950s and 1960s. When [[Tabora]] seceded from the UBR in 1964, Takakunda again began campaigning for a similar Garamburan secession. When the UBR dissolved in 1968, Takakunda had already assembled large amounts of freedom fighters and guerrilla forces due to his publicity, seceding from Rwizikuru in 1969.
 
Successfully achieving Garamburan independence in April, Takakunda set about reforming the Garamburan economy and culture to "de-imperialise" the nation. The [[Garamburan denier]] was introduced as legal tender in 1970 and diplomatic relations were established with [[Mabifia]] and ex-UBR member [[Djedet]]. Takakunda was re-elected in 1974 and 1979 after record economic growth - the highest in Bahia at the time - lifted many out of poverty in [[Mambiza]]. Following his second re-election, he successfully negotiated with [[Kupakwashe Ngonidzashe]] in lifting the Rwizikuran veto on Garamburan accession to the [[Congress of Bahian States]], which Garambura joined in 1979. In the 1980s Garambura established friendly ties with the [[Euclean Community]], became an economic associate of [[COMSED]] and joined the [[ROSPO]]-affiliated [[IFDS]], reaffirming Garamburan neutrality in world affairs and its "commitment for global peace". Re-elected again in 1984, 1989 and 1994, Garamburan was subsequently modernised and [[Mambiza]] became one of Bahia's most influential economic hubs in Garambura, followed closely by [[New Mina]], who Takakunda introduced policies to incite its growth into a modern Bahian city. Takakunda was supported by [[Estmere]], [[Gaullica]] and [[Werania]] throughout his tenure as an influential anti-communist figure in Bahia, particularly after revolutions in [[Tabora]] and [[Djedet]]. Re-elected for a final time in 1999, Takakunda led a dormant final two years of his reign, before he passed away in his sleep overnight at a hotel in [[New Mina]].
 
Takakunda's influence on the modern Garamburan state and Bahian democracy as a whole has led him to widely regarded as the greatest Bahian post-colonial leader in history. Takakunda was cremated and had his ashes scattered into the Banfura Sea on the coast of [[Mambiza]], and given a full state funeral, attended by many world leaders. A five-day mourning period was instated due to Takakunda's death, with a snap election being called after the mourning period, with fellow party member [[Chisi Ndlovu]] winning the presidency.
 
== Background ==
 
== Foreign policy ==
 
== Final years and death ==
 
== In popular culture ==
 
== Legacy ==
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